Wije’winen

The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre has a bold vision for a new Friendship Centre.

The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre is leading the vision of a new, landmark facility that has the potential to shape how we live and learn together across Kjipuktuk and beyond. The new Wije’winen Centre will be a central hub in the heart of the city that serves as a beacon for Truth and Reconciliation in the urban context; One where people can come together to learn about the history and culture of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples, and renew their connections to the natural world that surrounds them.

The new Centre will embody a unique form of social infrastructure that extends open invitations to residents and visitors from around the world to come and explore. Above all, it will be a place of personal and communal connection-to-culture for urban Indigenous residents and will continue to provide social-based programming for First Nation, Metis, and Inuit resident living in Kjipuktuk (Halifax). Once completed, the new Wije’winen Centre will become a part of the Every One Every Day platform and support the growing network of participation throughout the city.

As Every One Every Day grows, it carries the Spirit of the Wije’winen Centre into spaces that extend beyond any one place, but within and across the social fabric of our communities and neighbourhoods